Overview
Underneath Himeji Castle, Miyamoto Bensuke was determined to inherit the will of his late father, Shinmen Munenori, and aimed to become a great swordsman. For this purpose, he challenged anyone he could to matches and eventually forced a duel upon a martial artist named Arima Kihei, whom he killed. Munenori's old friend, the monk Guan Ando, reprimanded Bensuke's brutality and told him to go to the capital to refine his skills.
Cast
- Katsuo Nakamura as 宮本弁之助
- Denjirō Ōkōchi as 愚安和尚
- Akiko Koyama as お孝
- Kyoko Kami as 美里
- Chikako Miyagi as お綱
- Keijirō Morozumi as 団七
- Entatsu Yokoyama as 三吉
- Yatarō Kitagami as 吉岡清十郎
- Shinji Takano as 吉岡伝七郎
- Tatsuya Ishiguro as 角倉素庵